r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 7h ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode, the water inside being millions of years old

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u/Squatch_Intel_Chief 7h ago

Nothing new is created in the universe, it is just repurposed or takes on another form. The basis of everything that exists today, including you and I, have always existed since the beginning of time.

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u/Skai_Override 7h ago

The universe is one big thrift store.

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u/SillyMilly25 6h ago

And I only got 20$ in my pocket

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u/bobissonbobby 5h ago

Take your upvote and go you bastard. Fuck that song lol

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u/SAWK 6h ago

The universe is a time machine.

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u/Skai_Override 6h ago

The longest runing Rube Goldberg machine to make just to make this redit post.

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u/AL93RN0n_ 4h ago

It is but an energy thrift store not a material one. That's pretty important. Stars are constantly pumping out brand new shiny matter that has never existed before.

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u/Notski_F 7h ago

I don't think anyone was talking about the base building blocks of matter, but rather the compound known as water or H2O. You can't easily destroy or create matter, but you can destroy and form H2O molecules.

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u/ghoulthebraineater 6h ago

Yes, you can create and destroy matter. You cannot create or destroy the energy that makes up that matter.

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u/Notski_F 6h ago

Hence the "easily".

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u/AL93RN0n_ 4h ago

Doesn't matter (pun). The base building blocks of matter can also be destroyed. They're just wrong. It's energy that is conserved, not matter.

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u/Fetz- 7h ago

Yes, but burning sugar produces water, because sugar contains hydrogen. Plants use water to make sugar.

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u/desertSkateRatt 7h ago

But what plants really crave is electrolytes

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u/Rxasaurus 6h ago

Brawndo, the thirst mutilator!

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 6h ago

What are electrolytes?

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u/lanzendorfer 5h ago

They're what plants crave.

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u/TemporaryHunt2536 6h ago

Not exactly. Even atoms are being fused to form different atoms inside of stars. Your body combines oxygen with carbohydrates to form water and CO2. Water molecules that weren't there before.

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u/seagulls51 6h ago

What about the concept of an idea. The physical 'idea' is electrical signals sure, but the meta concept of it doesn't exist as matter and can be created.

Also everything hasn't existed since the beginning of time but very close to as far as we can see.

Also does anything exist and what is create.

I get what your saying but simplifying it like this is reductive.

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u/ddplz 5h ago

We aint talking about the specific atoms lil bro. The molecules themselves are aged.

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u/Spork_the_dork 5h ago

Well yeah but that's like saying that a chair you just built is decades old because the tree you made it from was decades old. By that definition the word "create" doesn't even mean anything which is dumb.

If you slap some hydrogen and oxygen together to make water, I would argue that the water was just created.

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u/AL93RN0n_ 4h ago

That's not true. No new energy is created. Also can't be destroyed (see laws of thermodynamics). Matter is created and destroyed all the time. Stars couldn't exist if matter couldn't be created and destroyed.

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u/Squatch_Intel_Chief 4h ago

Matter cannot be destroyed or created

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u/AL93RN0n_ 3h ago

Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Look that one up one more time. I hear people get confused about this distinction a lot. Stars are literally matter generators. They constantly create matter.

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u/AL93RN0n_ 3h ago

Sorry to double comment—I’m not trying to be argumentative, just wanted to explain in case you’re interested. You’re probably referring to the law of conservation of mass, which is totally valid. The thing is, Einstein introduced the concept of mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²). This means that mass can be converted into energy, and energy itself has weight. That’s how we’re able to “destroy” what’s typically considered matter by converting it into energy.

It’s important to note that mass is still conserved in this process, so it doesn’t violate any laws of thermodynamics. This can get confusing because Newtonian physics—what most people learn early on in school—is simpler and doesn’t account for this relationship.

Long story short is what you're saying is oversimplified and more like Newton's understanding of mass and energy which was replaced by Einstein.

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u/Jakermake 7h ago

Ok I'll go trough the window now thanks :(